LIVE TONIGHT: Unpacking SINNERS with Historian Jemar Tisby, PhD

There’s something mysterious about the Mississippi Delta. The fertile ground of the Delta is where the blues was born, where cotton was king, and where history doesn’t feel so far away.

Ryan Coogler’s mega-hit horror film, Sinners, captures this mystery with unprecedented beauty and broad appeal — earning a whopping $240M at the box office in just three weeks.

And tonight, I am so excited to talk about this movie with my friend — the brilliant historian, Jemar Tisby, PhD at 8p ET, right here on Substack!

Dr. Jemar Tisby spent over a decade living and working in the Mississippi Delta, just 30 minutes from Clarksdale. His work peels back the layers of history, faith and the kind of Black resistance at the heart of Sinners. I’m really excited to dig into this conversation about PLACE as character in the film, and so much more!

We’re talking about:

• Clarksdale, Mississippi

• Plantation economics

• Rural Black Christianity

• Convict leasing

• Racial terrorism

• The Mississippi Delta’s Chinese immigrants

• and How to use the #SinnersMovieSyllabus that Dr. Tisby and his co-author, Dr. Blain, developed for classrooms, small groups, or your own personal study.

Don’t miss this conversation TONIGHT, right here on Substack!